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Rhyming Two Sisters by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include a talking cow and, even more unusually, a talking tree! |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short morality tale, told as a verse play. |
Synopsis | Joan and Jill are sisters, one helpful, one unkind To seek their fortunes in the world is what they have in mind But though they set out boldly, alas there is a hitch Whilst out to see what they can do, they meet a wicked witch! |
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Same Difference by Louise Roche |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | A list of suggested songs is given in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act play (with music) for kids. Multiple settings, but designed to be staged simply. |
Synopsis | Penny is a new girl, desperate to fit in with her peer-group. The other kids, led by Danni, dare her to enter a mysterious house that has been unoccupied for years. There she meets Amelia.. A tale of exclusion, bullying, ghosts and reconciliation. |
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Same, But Different by Pat Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 32. No chorus. Flexible cast size at the Producer's discretion |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play. |
Synopsis | Two fans of opposing football teams make friends, and then have to get their fellow supporters to understand there's nothing wrong with that. |
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Sin by C Henchley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The play is written for two characters, but there is an option of adding a crowd of silent extras. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Unusual, short holocaust drama in a single minimal set. |
Synopsis | Two men on their way to Belsen debate the morality of lying to a couple wanting to marry. Is the joy they can impart before the horror of the camps worth the cost to the liar’s immortal soul? |
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Squirrel Plays His Part by Stuart Ardern Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The characters are three narrators and lots of jungle animals. The numbers are intended to be flexible, with options to combine or redistribute lines. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | Musical play for young children. No set requirements. A few simple props. A moral story about prioritisation and co-operation! |
Synopsis | The jungle animals are supposed to be growing crops, but they keep getting distracted by ants! |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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StreetBox by Deanna Alisa Ableser |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Gender of characters could be altered to suit production. |
Run Time | Around 61 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama for youth theatre with a simple split stage setting, in American English. |
Synopsis | A subtle examination of homelessness amongst teenagers, with an inspirational message delivered with a tender touch and dramatic staging. |
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The Three Wishes by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act cautionary tale for children with a single setting. |
Synopsis | Martin McMudd is an impoverished peasant who makes a Faustian pact with Lucifer to escape the poverty he and his wife have to contend with. In quick-witted and amusing ways Martin is eventually able to outsmart the Devil. |
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Ugly Duckling by Ann Taylor |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play for schools with a single (playground) setting. |
Synopsis | This anti-bullying play tells the story of a child who is bullied because he looks different. A resolution is reached when classmates step in to help. |
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War Prayer by Mark Twain adapted by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. No specific set requirements and only one prop (a rope). |
Synopsis | Mark Twain was no pacifist, but here he brings an angel to explain to a congregation the difference between a just war and Jingoism. (Human frailty prevails.) |
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